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Back in August I was working on the translation of some promotion material into different languages, namely Spanish. And though my knowledge of the language of nuestros amigos is fairly good, I had one persistent doubt and not even my native work colleagues were sure of the correct answer: how do you say curry in Spanish? I … Continue reading →

I’ve long admired the work of Stowe Boyd, and especially his reflections on the future of work and business, and had the chance to finally meet him at the Social Now event in Portugal. So when Stowe challenged me to an interview for his Socialogy series I was thrilled with the invitation! Our conversation about humanizing business, the … Continue reading →

I’ve been in love with the Humans of New York (HONY) project ever since I discovered it a while ago. I’m always touched or amused or surprised by the great photos, but most of all by the personal stories and by how New Yorkers freely and openly share a bit about themselves and their experiences, … Continue reading →

When the TEDxOporto team called me some months ago to invite me to speak at their 2014 event, and they explained that the motto for this year’s edition would be “À Flor da Pele” (it could roughly be translated as “Nerves on Edge” and it relates to strong emotions and visceral feelings), I immediately knew … Continue reading →

[this post had been in draft mode for many months know. Somehow I never seemed to find the time to finish it. A conversation over at LinkedIn with John Stepper and Paul J Corney prompted me to finally finish it] If you’ve ever worked in an open space environment you surely know how things can … Continue reading →

The other week I attended a private corporate event featuring author and researcher on behavioural economics Dan Ariely as the keynote speaker. His talk revolved around our intuition, brain illusions and decision making when facing complicated situations [as a side note, the word complexity was used by the author many times to illustrate what I … Continue reading →

I’m blessed with many things in life. One of them is being part of a smart group of people, both male and female from their early 20s to their late 30s, with diverse backgrounds, occupations and interests, that gather every month or so for dinner & debate over a variety of topics. On one of … Continue reading →

I love music. As far as my memory can recall I always did. I usually work with headphones on to block the sounds of an open plan office but also to get me in the flow of work. And it is not uncommon to find me humming a tune, even when at the office, or … Continue reading →

I was recently surprised on receiving an invitation to write an article for CMSWire, a valuable online resource on customer experience, social business and information management. As the main theme for June is “what’s next for the Social Enterprise” I decided to reflect on the topic of organizational design, a key topic when it comes … Continue reading →

A quieter couple of weeks at the end of April, blessed with two public holidays, enabled me to catch up on (some of my) reading backlog. Among the articles bookmarked was one about community management at General Mills based on a talk by Aaron Miller: General Mills: Building a Team of Connected Community Managers — … Continue reading →